Rain initiation time in turbulent warm clouds

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 591-599

  Falkovich, Gregory ^a,b   Stepanov, Mikhail G ^a,b   Vucelja, Marija ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; DROPLET LOSS; TURBULENT WARM CLOUDS;

RAIN;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINDROP;

EID: 33744495732     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2364.1     Document Type: Article

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